Spicy Parmesan Shrimp Pasta
So flavorful, so spicy and so easy to put together, perfect for those busy weeknights!
I’ve been somewhat obsessed with skillet dishes. It takes minutes to put together and Jason and I get a kick out of eating it right out of the pan. Hey, we don’t even have a dining table so you could imagine us just shoving our heads together into a skillet on our coffee table. And that’s exactly what happened with this shrimp pasta.
This shrimp pasta comes together so easily with just a handful of pantry ingredients. Just be sure to prepare yourself for a 30 minute marinade. You can even make the marinade the night before so it’s ready to use for dinnertime. Once that’s ready, throw everything into a skillet, add your cooked pasta and that’s it. Done and done. Easy enough, right?
But don’t be fooled by the ease of this recipe. It’s incredibly flavorful and wonderfully spicy. If you’re not a fan of the heat, just cut down on the red pepper flakes. A little bit goes a long way.
Spicy Parmesan Shrimp Pasta
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup olive oil
- ¼ cup Parmesan cheese
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons soy sauce
- ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes, or more, to taste
- 1 pound medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 8 ounces penne
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 1 green onion, thinly sliced
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, whisk together olive oil, Parmesan, garlic, brown sugar, soy sauce and red pepper flakes. In a gallon size Ziploc bag or large bowl, combine shrimp and olive oil mixture; marinate for at least 30 minutes to overnight, turning the bag occasionally.
- In large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta according to package instructions; drain well.
- Heat a large skillet over medium high heat. Add shrimp and sauce mixture and cook, stirring occasionally, until pink, about 2 minutes. Stir in pasta and gently toss to combine; season with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Serve immediately, garnished with Parmesan and green onions, if desired.
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OMG this was delicious. I cooked it according to the recipe and I loved it. Will be doing this more often.
I cooked the recipe last night.I let the shrimp marinate for a couple of hours.I doubled the sauce.It was delicious.It was easy and tasted really good.I put in more garlic,which I seem to usually do on recipes.My red pepper flakes were old so that might have affected it,it wasn’t real spicy but it was delicious.Thanks
Big. Stinking. Yes.
This came out fabulous! Thanks for sharing 5 gold stars for you!
I LOVE to cook! I’m always looking for the next best recipe. I must say, this is the BEST recipe I have come across in the last year. I sauteed a medium sweet onion and entire container mushrooms in olive oil before adding the shrimp. We were so hungry that I only marinated for 40 minutes. I added extra red pepper for extra heat. My only suggestion would be to double the recipe. We ate it all, so no leftovers! 🙁 This recipe is restaurant good or even better! I live in Charleston, SC. That says a lot from someone who lives in one of the top foody places in the world. It’s quick, simple, and the flavor is just amazingly sweet and sour. You will lick the plate.
I found this recipe on Pinterest and I love it! It tastes amazing and I’ve cooking it almost every week! Many thanks!
Maria.
Made this for my husband. Made shrimp for him and did a separate chicken for me (I’m not big on seafood). It was Delicious. He loved it told.me I can add it to the list of recipes he likes. (I’m a new cook learning) and my chicken was also soo delicious. I cut it in real small pieces and followed the recipe. Did add more parmesan cheese. We love our cheese.lol
I made this tonight for dinner and it was awesome! I modified a little though. I used the tricolor penne pasta and i also cooked a red bell pepper in with shrimp and I used extra small shrimp with the tail off. It was fabulous! Definitely making this again =) Thank you for your recipe! Can’t wait to try the others!
I only have dark soy sauce. Will that work? I really want to try this dish it looks great.
That should be fine!
This recipe was delicious !!! My husband and I just had it for dinner and he couldn’t compliment me enough on it. We really loved it. Great combination of ingredients. We loved the chili flakes as they added nice heat.
I was wondering if you have the nutritional contents for this dish. Thanks
Unfortunately, as I am not a registered dietician, I am not comfortable sharing nutritional information for any of my recipes. I recommend utilizing online calorie counters at your discretion to obtain such information.
However, I have recently teamed up with registered dietician, Jessica Penner from Smart Nutrition. She will be providing important nutritional information for select recipes.
This is such a good recipe I’m new to the site and this is the first recipe I tried! I usually make very basic healthy pastas and salads so my husband couldn’t believe I made this and it wasn’t premade! ha!!! absolutely delicious and male approved (he’s a big meat fan so it’s hard to get him into healthier options!)!! Trying your honey salmon in foil tonight! Thanks for a great recipe!
Wonderful recipe!!! I just made this for dinner and loved it! It was so easy and so quick. I will be making this again…soon!
Made this twice. The second one tasted a lot better- adjusted the amount of Parmesan cheese.My children love it. Will try your other recipes.
Made this last week and thought it was tasty! Didn’t realize my parmesan was growing mold until I took it out to prepare the sauce. 🙁 Sprinkled with some mozzarella at the end though.
Could I substitute sausage for the shrimp?
Yes, absolutely, but you may have to adjust cooking time as needed.
I’ve made this many times, it is so delicious. Hubby went to the store and got precooked shrimp. Will it still work?
I just made this for dinner and was a complete hit! We all loved it!
OMGEEEE! This came out amazingly yummy! I had 3 substitutions, first only had white sugar on hand, did not have soy sauce I used A1 sauce (I saw that one person used a steak sauce so I just figured it would work) and lastly I did not have pepper flakes so I used hot sauce (like authentic Mexican hotsuace)…. well when I went to taste it the hot sauce had made it a little to spicy but I added a bit more sugar and it was perfecto!
Great flavor except parm cheese melted into big globs in the pan. Recipe is a keeper but will hold out parm and use as a garnish. Thanks.
Oh no – that’s not good! It is best to use finely grated Parmesan to avoid something like this.
So delicious! I used trader joes frozen shrimps, didn’t marinate, let them sit on low flame then added the sauce. Wowey. So delicious. Also used brown rice long pasta, parsley and chili powder. Will be on my weekly menu and I’m going to look through your other recipes!